Insurance
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June 18, 2024
Ontario Superior Court expands class action over defective water pumps in Ford vehicles
A class action concerning allegations that various models of Ford vehicles contain a dangerous water pump defect that can cause catastrophic engine failure has been expanded to include persons affected by the water pump failures until May 30, 2024, according to a release.
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June 17, 2024
Tenant not liable for fire damage despite deactivating sprinkler system: Ontario Court of Appeal
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that a tenant was not liable for fire damage to two leased buildings despite having deactivated the sprinkler system.
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June 17, 2024
Canadian counsel involvement in arbitration cases increasing, says first-of-its-kind report
On Canada’s commercial arbitration landscape, most professionals working in the field are lawyers and nearly half of them also run a litigation practice, according to the recently released results of the first survey of Canadian arbitration practitioners.
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June 14, 2024
Law requires Ottawa to roll out national strategy to combat ‘environmental racism’ within two years
Calling it “a significant milestone in the fight for environmental justice,” the federal Green party hailed the imminent enactment of its “groundbreaking” private member’s bill that requires Ottawa to roll out within two years a “national strategy” to mitigate the harmful fallout from “environmental racism” — which the party said disproportionately exposes marginalized, racialized and Indigenous communities to environmental hazards.
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June 13, 2024
New asset freezes, entry bans & export prohibitions target Russian war of aggression against Ukraine
Canada has aimed new sanctions and export prohibitions at participants in Russia’s military-industrial complex, in a co-ordinated move with other countries on the first day of the G7’s three-day summit in Italy.
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June 13, 2024
Liberal government unveils in Commons ‘2030 Nature Strategy’ and proposed Nature Accountability Act
The minority Liberal government’s newly proposed Nature Accountability Act would hold Ottawa “accountable to make progress” (but not via an enforceable legal mechanism) toward the goal of protecting at least 30 per cent of Canada’s lands and waters by 2030, says federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault.
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June 13, 2024
Federal government announces expansion of early retirement eligibility for some front-line workers
Ottawa has announced plans to introduce legislative changes this fall to expand early pension eligibility for specific front-line workers, including federal border services officers and federal and territorial firefighters.
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June 13, 2024
Wealth advising for the future: The new paradigm
I am an estate lawyer. As such, how many times have I said under my breath as my clients have exited the boardroom after an often lengthy, revealing, intense and always interesting meeting: “I don’t need a law degree — I need a psychology degree!”
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June 13, 2024
Specifying a date in a waiver of liability form can be risky
Waiver of liability forms are common in the recreational industry. As a matter of public policy, these forms are important to ensuring that these kinds of businesses are not subject to potentially high damage awards when a participant is seriously injured. These forms also permit recreational businesses to ensure that the costs for comprehensive liability insurance are manageable and that insurers will be willing to provide insurance coverage to their businesses.
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June 12, 2024
Ontario court finds Ukraine airline liable for passenger deaths in flight shot down by Iran
The Ontario Court Superior Court has found Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) liable for damages to the estates of passengers who died when flight PS752 was shot down by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shortly after it took off from Tehran in early 2020. All 176 passengers and crew on board the flight, which was bound for Kyiv, Ukraine, were killed in the incident.